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Letters Patent No. 67,508, dated August 6, 1867.

IMPROVED HORSE-COLLAR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. CRONK, of the city and county of Peoria, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Horse-Collar; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichvFigure I is a vertical section of my improved collar.

Figure 2, a horizontal section, as taken in the plane L M of fig. 3.

Figure 3, a front view of the collar.

Like letters in the dierent figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

My invention consists of the following improvements in the construction of horse-collars: first, constructing a wooden collar, properly padded on the sides next to the horse, and combining with the same metallic bands, nails, and bolts for securely fastening the edges of the leather with which the collar is covered, and so constructing the bands at the open ends of the collar as to enable a strap and buckle to properly connect therewith for fastening the collar around the neck of the horse; second, constructing a collar with sockets and plates with elongated slots, and so constructing and combining'therewith clips, wllcreby the said clips, when properly' attached to traces, will give a straight pressure against the shoulders of the horse instead of ou the side, as heretofore; and they may be so adjusted as to shift the pressure up or down on the collar as to allow it to be properly exerted on the shoulders.

To enable any one skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. V

The collar A is constructed in two pieces, of suitable wood. 'lhe sides next to the horse are properly padded, and-the pieces entirely covered with leather from the inner to the outer sides, and the edges of the leather tacked together where they meet with thread or by tacks to the pieces. The metallic bands B B are nailed and bolted over the joints ofthe leather, their upper ends connecting with one another by a-strap fastened to the bridging forming the top of the collar, and their lower ends having a strap and buckle for securing the collar to the neck of the horse. C C are the sockets, suitably constructed in the collar. Plates provided with holes are properly fastened to the face side of the collar, over the sockets, with spacesallowed to intervene between them and the plates. D D are the clips, constructed in the manner seen in fig. 2. They are placed in the sockets at an angle, a, as seen in-red lines of fig. 3, in order to bring the small projections a, constructed on the end ofAthe clips, near their shoulders, in a line with the elongation of the 'holes in the plates, so as to get the projections or lugs in the intervening spaces against the under sides of the plates, as indicated by the position of the clips at an angle, b, and thus prevent them from slipping out.

It will be observed that with a collar thus constructed, so as to dispense with thehames and combine the features of the same with the collar, the collar can be so adjusted bythe strap and buckle as to fit the neck and shoulders of a horse of any size, which will thus give a uniformity of pressure on the shouldersas well as prevent any tendency of the collar to cause irritation. .And further, it will be obvious that t'he clips, in their connection with the traces, will cause the pressure exerted by the pulling of the horse to'be brought squarely against his shoulders, which cannot be obtained by the present method of attaching the traces to the llames, either on their sides or otherwise.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim' thei'eiu as new, and desirev to secure by Letters 1. Constructing a. wooden collar, combined with metalliche-nds, nails, and bolts, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein set forth.

2. Constructing a wooden collar with sockets and key-plates, combined with trace or tug-clips, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein set forth.

ANDREW J. CRONK.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, DANIEL MEHRLINEY. 

